35638 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 125 /Tuesday, June 30, 1998 / Notices

determining whether to grant relief to

applicants.

Used by the Coast Guard in presenting

its views to the Board concerning

pending cases. Also used by applicant

and his representative.

Used by the General Counsel and his

staff in determining whether to approve

decisions of the board.

See Prefatory Statement of General

Routine Uses.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

File folders stored in file cabinets.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Indexed individually by name in one

of two alphabetical sequences

representing pending and closed cases.

Also indexed by docket number.

Pending cases filed by docket number;

closed cases filed alphabetically.

SAFEGUARDS:

Records are disclosed only to the

applicant, his representative, interested

members of Congress, and the Coast

Guard.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Transfer of official military record of

individual separated from service to

Federal Records Center when case

closed; transfer of official military

record of Active or Reserve member to

Coast Guard Headquarters when case

closed; retention of application file in

all cases.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Mail Address: Executive Secretary,

Board for the Correction of Military

Records, C–60, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590.

Office Location: 400 7th Street, SW.,

Room 4100.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Apply to System Manager.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Apply to System Manager.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Same as ‘‘Record Access Procedure.’’

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

U.S. Coast Guard, Veterans

Administration, individual applicants.

Dated: June 22, 1998.

Nancy E. McFadden,

General Counsel, Department of

Transportation.

[FR Doc. 98–17229 Filed 6–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Proposed Advisory Circular 25–XX,

Certification of Transport Airplane

Structure

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of

Proposed Advisory Circular (AC) 25–XX

and request for comments.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of and requests comments

on a proposed advisory circular (AC)

which provides methods acceptable to

the Administrator for showing

compliance with the provisions of

subparts C and D of 14 CFR part 25

regarding the type certification

requirements for transport airplane

structure. This notice is necessary to

give all interested persons an

opportunity to present their views on

the proposed AC.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before October 28, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on

proposed AC to: Federal Aviation

Administration, Attention: Jim Haynes,

Airframe/Airworthiness Branch, ANM–

115, Transport Airplane Directorate,

Aircraft Certification Service, 1601 Lind

Avenue SW, Renton, WA 98055–4056.

Comments may be inspected at the

above address between 7:30 a.m. and

4:00 p.m. weekdays, except Federal

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Katherine Burks, Transport Standards

Staff, at the address above, telephone

(206) 227–2114.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

A copy of the draft AC may be

obtained by contacting the person

named above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Interested

persons are invited to comment on the

proposed AC by submitting such written

data, views, or arguments as they may

desire. Commenters should identify AC

25–XX, and submit comments, in

duplicate, to the address specified

above. All communications received on

or before the closing date for comments

will be considered by the Transport

Standards Staff before issuing the final

AC.

Discussion

This AC contains guidance for the

latest amendment of the regulations and

applies to all transport category

airplanes for which a new, amended, or

supplemental type certificate is

required. This guidance should be

applied to any portion of the airplane

structure that has been modified. In the

past, advisory and guidance information

applicable to transport airplane

structure has been formally published as

ACs. Advisory circulars have not been

developed for all of the regulatory

requirements applicable to transport

airplane structure, however. In many

instances, certification of new

technology airplanes resulted in the

need to interpret the existing regulations

and to apply new regulations. Issue

papers and special conditions were

generated to document the compliance

method agreed upon between the

applicant and the FAA. In other

instances, applicants, FAA Aircraft

Certification Office (ACO) managers,

and foreign regulatory authorities have

requested interpretation of the intent of

specific regulations. This guidance was

documented in the form of policy

memorandums that were distributed to

all ACOs, letters to applicants and

foreign airworthiness authorities, and

issue papers. In many instances, this

information was not organized in a

manner that allowed easy access, and

applicants were not aware of revised

policy. This AC formalizes existing

policy so that the public and FAA

personnel have access to this

information. The methods and

procedures described in this AC have

evolved after many years and represents

current certification practice. Issued in

Renton, Washington, on June 22, 1998.

Darrell M. Pederson,

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service,

ANM–100.

[FR Doc. 98–17365 Filed 6–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Fire and Cabin Safety Research; Notice

of Public Conference

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Public Conference.

SUMMARY: This notice announces an

International Public Conference on Fire

and Cabin Safety Research, which is

being held by the Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) as a follow-up to

a similar conference in November of

1995, and to discuss the current state of

cabin and fire safety research. The Cabin

Safety Research Program (CSRP) and the

conference are being jointly sponsored

by the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA)